Best Middle Schools in Washington

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the WCAS and SBAC test scores by the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction. The most recent update was on Tuesday, September 10, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 535)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
530318000504	481	Granger Middle School	Public	5-8	501 Bailey Avenue	Granger	98932	Yakima County	Granger School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 854-1003	421	26	16.4	93.1%	8 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	403 (95.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$20,024			$4,877			$15,147	13.2	12.4	489	8
530351003148	482	Highland Middle School	Public	6-8	17000 Summitview	Cowiche	98923	Yakima County	Highland School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 678-8870	253	14	17.9	86.2%	48 (19.0%)	1 (0.4%)	203 (80.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$14,802			$1,791			$13,011	13.1	27.3	395	87
530354000524	483	Chinook Middle School	Public	6-8	18650 42nd Ave S	SeaTac	98188	King County	Highline School District	No	No	No	Yes	(206) 631-5700	603	38	15.9	76.8%	65 (10.8%)	122 (20.2%)	226 (37.5%)	86 (14.3%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (10.0%)	42 (7.0%)	$20,272			$1,977			$18,295	13.1	12.6	487	4
530903001538	484	Toutle Lake High School	Public	7-12	5050 Spirit Lake Hwy	Toutle	98649	Cowlitz County	Toutle Lake School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 274-6132	290	16	18.1	48.3%	239 (82.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (7.6%)	6 (2.1%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.5%)	$16,119			$299			$15,820	12.9	25.1	410	74
530936003264	485	Wahluke Junior High	Public	6-8	502 N. Boundary	Mattawa	99349	Grant County	Wahluke School District	No	No	No	Yes	(509) 932-4455	596	33	18	84.4%	6 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	589 (98.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$19,256			$1,867			$17,389	12.7	14.1	478	7
530396003907	486	Canyon Ridge Middle School	Public	6-8	11000 SE 264th St	Kent	98030	King County	Kent School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(253) 373-7542	790	44	18	88.2%	193 (24.4%)	107 (13.5%)	196 (24.8%)	175 (22.2%)	8 (1.0%)	48 (6.1%)	63 (8.0%)								12.6			(n/a)
530486000736	487	Marysville Middle School	Public	6-8	4923 67th St NE	Marysville	98270	Snohomish County	Marysville School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 965-0900	659	33	20.2	62.7%	291 (44.2%)	28 (4.2%)	209 (31.7%)	56 (8.5%)	9 (1.4%)	9 (1.4%)	54 (8.2%)	$17,640			$2,560			$15,079	12.6	10.7	499	12
530790002353	488	Oakland Bay Junior High School	Public	7-8	3301 Shelton Springs Rd.	Shelton	98584	Mason County	Shelton School District	No	No	No	No	(360) 426-7991	550	32	17.1	65.3%	239 (43.5%)	3 (0.5%)	242 (44.0%)	8 (1.5%)	20 (3.6%)	4 (0.7%)	29 (5.3%)	$16,463			$1,319			$15,144	12.4	13.5	484	4
530034203602	489	Rainier Valley Leadership Academy	Public, Charter	6-12	6020 Rainier Avenue S	Seattle	98118	King County	Rainier Valley Leadership Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(206) 659-0956	163	12	13.3	70.6%	4 (2.5%)	100 (61.3%)	38 (23.3%)	7 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (8.0%)	$32,801			$6,222			$26,579	12.4	22.9	426	63
530270000414	490	Cascade Middle School	Public	6-8	13900 NE 18th Street	Vancouver	98684	Clark County	Evergreen School District (Clark)	No	No	No	No	(360) 604-3600	827	44	18.7	67.8%	363 (43.9%)	33 (4.0%)	260 (31.4%)	23 (2.8%)	6 (0.7%)	46 (5.6%)	88 (10.6%)	$16,712			$2,304			$14,409	12	9.1	509	19

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on SBAC English Language Arts, SBAC Math, WCAS Science test scores released by the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.
These rankings were last updated on September 10, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.